Exam 10: Personality

Mrs.Linley is a middle school math teacher.She provides constant,consistent feedback on her students' math assignments.She wants her students to have faith in their abilities to produce positive outcomes.Mrs.Linley is trying to develop her students':

_____ is the primary defense mechanism in which unacceptable or unpleasant id impulses are pushed back into the unconscious.

The _____ contains material that is not threatening and is easily brought to mind,such as the knowledge that 2 + 2 = 4.

When regression is used as a defense mechanism people,_____.

A series of symmetrical stimuli is to picture what _____ is to _____.

Carl Jung might suggest that the questing hero figure prominent in many legends,stories,epic poems,and so forth represents a(n),a symbolic representation of a universal experience.

Read the following: (1)Liz has become more responsive to her partner's advances since a really beautiful woman moved in next door; (2)Unable to accept his desire for other young men,15-year-old Juan immerses himself into his studies; (3)Shauntel tells people that her coworker Mary dislikes her;though if she were honest,Shauntel would realize that it is actually she who dislikes Mary; (4)"Ben's nasty;he's disgusting," says Renee;but Renee secretly finds Ben attractive.Which individual is correctly matched with the defense mechanism he or she is using?

Which approach to personality takes the most optimistic view of people's nature-that individuals are essentially "good"?

Neo-Freudian theorist is often termed the "first feminist psychologist."

Which of the following is NOT one of the "Big Five" personality dimensions?

_____ refers to the pattern of enduring characteristics that produce consistency and individuality in a given person.

Which of the following statements best describes the nature of the id,ego,and superego in Freud's psychoanalytic theory?

_____ approaches to personality are theories that suggest that important components of personality are inherited.

Distinguish between self-report,projective,and behavioral assessment measures of personality.Provide an example of each measure.What are some criticisms of "projective" tests such as the Rorschach?

Describe in detail the id,ego,and superego in Freud's theory of personality.Be sure to mention the guiding principles of the id and the ego,the extent to which each of the three processes is conscious,and the point at which each of the three develops during infancy or childhood.

_____ is the belief that we have the personal capabilities to master a situation and produce positive outcomes.

The best-known projective test of personality is the:

In Freud's theory of psychosexual development,mature adult sexuality develops during the:

What do the id and the superego have in common?

Suppose you develop a new self-report measure of the broad personality trait of extraversion.Distinguish between reliability and validity.Describe how you would establish the reliability and validity of your new test.Outline how you would establish norms for the test.